Exact BER of transmitter antenna selection/receiver-MRC over spatially correlated Nakagami-fading channels

Author

Wang, Bao-Yun ; Zheng, Wei Xing

Author_Institution

Coll. of Commun. & Inf. Eng., Nanjing Univ. of Posts & Telecommun.

fYear

2006

fDate

21-24 May 2006

Abstract

Recently, a combined transmitter antenna selection/receiver-maximal-ratio-combining (TAS/MRC) scheme has been proposed to reduce the complexity of system and retain the diversity advantage. In this paper, we investigate the performance of the TAS/MRC scheme over correlated Nakagami fading channels. The characteristics function method is used to derive an exact bit-error rate expression, in which only very simple functions are included. Two special cases are discussed. The theoretical findings are supported by computer simulations

Keywords

Nakagami channels; antennas; diversity reception; error statistics; receivers; transmitters; bit error rate; characteristics function method; computer simulations; maximal-ratio-combining scheme; spatially correlated Nakagami-fading channels; transmitter antenna selection/receiver-MRC; Bit error rate; Educational institutions; Fading; Hardware; MIMO; Nakagami distribution; Radio transmitters; Receiving antennas; Transmitting antennas; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems, 2006. ISCAS 2006. Proceedings. 2006 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Island of Kos

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9389-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISCAS.2006.1692849

Filename

1692849